Students nationwide may soon be able to receive college credit for the free online courses that are reshaping higher education, and at least one university in Connecticut with a major online program believes that's an exciting prospect.

The American Council on Education announced Feb. 7 that it is recommending degree credit for five courses offered by Coursera, a Mountain View, Calif.-based company that provides "massive open online courses," or MOOCs, from leading universities.

Many colleges and universities use the association's recommendations to determine whether to grant credit for nontraditional courses.

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